WHITE CHRISTMAS
TROOPS AT FRONT TRUCE HOPES DASHED PATROLS OF GERMANS PARTIES BEHIND LINES EXCHANGES OF GIFTS (Elris. •Pel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 27, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 25. On the Western Front enemy patrols east of the Moselle dashed hopes of a Christmas Day truce similar to that of 1914 and kept the sentries and men manning the guns unwaveringly vigilant, but fog and frost stopped all except essential movement and immobilised the air forces. The war zone is blanketed with white mist. The roads are coated with ice. Trees are ghostly in their white mantles. The Christmas cards from the King and Queen were delivered to each serviceman as he enjoyed a nearnormal Christmas dinner. Playing Santa Claus Many members of the Royal AiiForce donned beards to play Santa Claus at French children's parties at which the children of one village sang “We’ll hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line” in French. The stage and cinema star, Gracie Fields, who temporarily returned from convalescence at Capri, delighted air force units with a series of concerts. She declared: “Let us hope that all this nonsense is over by next Christmas. British and French troops exchanged gifts and joined in mass and other religious services together.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20130, 27 December 1939, Page 7
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208WHITE CHRISTMAS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20130, 27 December 1939, Page 7
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